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ALICE EMBREE | BOOKS | ‘The Ad Hoc Livers’ by Jim Simons
Simons’ book is a great trip down memory lane with a few name changes to protect the not-so-innocent. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2023 Jim Simons’ novel, Ad Hoc Livers, is now available on Amazon … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Ken Carpenter’s ‘Borderlands Boy’
Ken’s whole adult life has been that of a man of unflinchingly high principle. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2018 AUSTIN — It is said that senior citizens, as we are called, see our lives … Continue reading
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The three-state solution
We are complicit in the apartheid and occupation imposed on the Palestinian people. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2018 The thing Trump loves best is attention. Perhaps for that reason it has become easy for … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel-Gaza Conflict, Jim Simons, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Citizen James, Austin’s loss
James Gardner was pure Old Austin, and a quintessential beatnik. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2016 AUSTIN — One of Austin’s most distinctive, identifiable, and interesting citizens died a few weeks ago. James Gardner had … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, James Gardner, Jim Simons, Metro, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance
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The passing of Scalia: A requiem for Caesar
There is no escaping the fact that Justice Scalia did more to harm this country than any other Supreme Court judge in history. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | February 16, 2016 “The evil that men do lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonin Scalia, Bush V. Gore, Citizens United, Deaths, Jim Simons, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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Jim Simons : Judge Bill Kilgarlin Was a Different Kind of Friend
Judge William Wayne Kilgarlin. Image from the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin.Bill Kilgarlin:A different kind of friend On the Texas Supreme Court he showed his values and commitments had not changed and Texas was better for it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kilgarlin, Deaths, Jim Simons, Judiciary, Liberal Democrats, Texas History, Texas Politics, Texas Supreme Court
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Jim Simons : Ralph Nader Was Right
Graphic from AboveTopSecret.comRalph Nader was right:No more voting for the ‘lesser evil’ When will we stop doing the same thing every four years and marveling that the results are not different? By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | September … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Electoral politics, Jim Simons, Obama Presidency, Third Party Politics, Two Party System
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JIm Simons : Remembering Cam Cunningham
Former Movement lawyer Cam Cunningham passed away this month. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Defending the Movement:Remembering Cam Cunningham In 1971 we cleaned out our firm bank account and took off by car to the May Day action … Continue reading
Jim Simons : Sargent Shriver and the Forgotten War Against Poverty
Sargent Shriver. Photo from Time/Life. Sargent Shriver, warrior against poverty (1915-2011) R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running … Continue reading
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METRO | Nancy Simons : Finding
‘Democracy Now!’
When ‘Democracy Now!’ disappeared from Austin public access television, we worked to get it back. By Nancy Simons | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2014 AUSTIN — Years ago, the first time my husband and I watched Democracy Now!, … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Jim Turpin on the Myth of ‘American Exceptionalism’
Jim Turpin, center, with Rag Radio’s Tracey Schulz, left, and Thorne Dreyer in the KOOP studios, Austin, Texas, July 13, 2012.Rag Radio interview:Peace activist Jim Turpinon the myth of ‘American exceptionalism’ By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / July … Continue reading
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